The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.

A man is great by deeds, not by birth.

Don't judge the future of a person based on his present conditions, becausetime has the power to change black coal to shiny diamond.

Avoid him who talks sweetly before you but tries to ruin you behind your back, for he is like a pitcher of poison with milk on top.

There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.

A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.

A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode.

A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night.

Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.

Be glad that once you did experience that magic. It's part of who you are now, and you're richer for it.

I assumed that everything would lead to complete failure, but I decided that didn't matter – that would be my life.

One may have been a fool but there's no foolishness like being bitter.

Everybody's angry. They've got nothing to be angry at, so they're angry about nothing.

Right now my life has an expiration date determined by my bank balance. Can I find something before my time is up?

The object of pure Physic[s] is the unfolding of the laws of the intelligible world; the object of pure Mathematic[s] that of unfolding the laws of human intelligence.

If life were a novel, then dead would mark the end of the first chapter.

Seek the counsel of men who will tell you the truth about yourself, even if it hurts you to hear it. Mere commendation will not bring the improvement you need.

To a physician, each man, each woman, is an amplification of one organ.

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